WaldoApr 20, 2023
Anthony Dean

AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689879/ai-drake-song-google-youtube-fair-use

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AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google

Google is caught between creators on YouTube wanting to protect their work from AI, and needing to build AI tools of its own

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Apr 19, 2023 at 7:28pmMetatext
Show threadKeith IveyApr 20, 2023
@dtgeek @cstross It seems like they could sue for false endorsement and misappropriation of voice, as Tom Waits successfully sued Frito-Lay in the 1990s. But the problem is it's not about copyright and thus wouldn't allow use of DMCA takedowns.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79648/when-tom-waits-sued-frito-lay-over-doritos-ad
When Tom Waits Sued Frito-Lay Over a Doritos Ad | Mental Floss

“There's a new tortilla chip called SalsaRio Doritos," Crooned the Waits impersonator. "It's buffo, boffo, bravo, gung-ho, tallyho but never mellow.”

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Show threadOuteastApr 20, 2023
@kcivey @dtgeek @cstross *1980s, but yeah, on the face of it that would seem a likely avenue of protection. Thanks for sharing.
Show threadKapitän ClownfeuerApr 20, 2023

@dtgeek So if some physically real not-Drake person learned how to mimic and sing exactly like Drake, and does a song that is original and not owned by UMG, they'd get a takedown too?

"AI" generated or not, these are interesting times, hey?

Show threadOlivier GalibertApr 20, 2023
@dtgeek And there's the added fun of the library of congress (?) saying that ai-generated stuff is not copyrighted in the first place (and then how something that is not copyrighted can violate copyright?)